Hu BoCast
Yu Zhang Yuchang Peng Uvin Wang 
Zi Xi Xiangrong Dong Hao Guixiang
Credits
Written by: Bo Hu
Plot
Over one day in a bleak northern Chinese town, four people in despair, a teen, a bully, an old man and a young woman, set out to see an elephant that sits still in a distant zoo.
Sinekatalog’s take
A four-hour film of crushing, beautiful despair.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.8 / 10 (9,534 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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